Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/22/anti-woke-activism-meets-technocratic-tinkering-breaking-down-sanders-higher-ed-bill Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/21/get-off-the-...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/10/uams-bracing-for-trump-administration-cuts-to-medical-research-funding Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/rick-crawford...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: ‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/governors-maternal-health-plan-would-make-it-easier-to-get-m...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/29/phones-would-be-banned-bell-to-bell-in-arkansas-public-schools-under-new-bill Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/28/sanders-will-seek-new-medicaid-work-r...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court   https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding https://arkti...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week Baker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/08/baker-claps-back-at-other-supreme-court-justices-declares-recent-orders-null-and-void State Supreme Court majority voids chief justice’s appointments to judicial discipline panel https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/despite-opposition-from-local-right-wing-group-fort-smith-city-board-approves-epa-grant Governor’s consultants pitch bad ideas for a FOIA overhaul https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/governors-consultants-pitc...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: 220K Arkansans will lose insurance if Republicans cut federal Medicaid expansion funds https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/12/220k-arkansans-will-lose-insurance-if-republicans-cut-federal-medicaid-expansion-funds Emails show officials hid purchase of land in Franklin County for prison, mocked residents by sharing South Park video clips (UPDATED)...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week Can you really use an Arkansas school voucher for horseback riding lessons? Yes. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/27/can-you-really-use-an-arkansas-school-voucher-for-horseback-riding-lessons-yes Donald Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/12/donald-trump-taps-mike-huckabee-as-ambassador-t...

Send us Fan Mail Prefiled bills have Republicans pushing discrimination, tooth decay and maternal health https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/20/pre-filed-bills-have-republicans-pushing-discrimination-tooth-decay-and-maternal-health Arkansas House Dems unveil 2025 agenda, but can any of it pass? https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/19/arkansas-house-dems-unveil-2025-agenda-but-can-any-...

Send us Fan Mail Franklin County residents question prison location during contentious town hall https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/08/franklin-county-residents-question-prison-location-during-contentious-town-hall Failing up: 10 months after his firing, former prisons chief Profiri still has a $184K job in the governor’s office https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/15/failing-up-10-m...

Send us Fan Mail Little Rock voters say no to new sales tax, yes to incumbent city directors https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/little-rock-voters-say-no-to-new-sales-tax-yes-to-incumbent-city-directors Pope County casino dead after Issue 2 passes, despite local voter support for casino https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/pope-county-casino-dead-after-issue-2-passes-despite-lo...

Send us Fan Mail Vote yes: Little Rock’s 1-cent sales tax plan is the city’s chance to think big https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/29/vote-yes-little-rocks-1-cent-sales-tax-plan-is-the-citys-chance-to-think-big Will it make a difference? Analyzing Little Rock’s proposed 1-cent sales tax increase https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/21/will-it-make-a-difference-analyzing-little-rocks...

Send us Fan Mail UPDATE: Franklin County selected as home of new 3,000-bed state prison https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/franklin-county-selected-as-home-of-new-3k-bed-state-prison New data on Ark. vouchers: More than 80% of new enrollees did not attend public school last year https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/new-data-on-ark-vouchers-more-than-80-of-new-enrollees-did-not-...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Utility regulators say AG failed to meet deadlines in case to raise gas rates https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/23/utility-regulators-say-ag-failed-to-meet-deadlines-in-case-to-raise-gas-rates Advocates of the ‘raw milk revolution’ push legislation allowing retail sales at markets https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/18/advocates-of-the-...

Send us Fan Mail State Supreme Court requires 2 early voting sites in West Memphis, rejecting Republicans’ arguments https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/state-supreme-court-requires-2-early-voting-sites-in-west-memphis-rejecting-republicans-arguments Supreme Court clears path for Arkansans to vote on anti-casino amendment https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/supreme-court-clears...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Judge sentences two former officers videotaped in infamous Mulberry beating https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/10/judge-sentences-two-former-officers-videotaped-in-infamous-mulberry-beating Overwhelmed voucher systems in West Virginia, Arkansas leave thousands of homeschoolers hanging https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/09/overwhelmed-vo...

Send us Fan Mail Stories Discussed this week Billy Jack Lincks named as sole suspect in 1995 Morgan Nick kidnapping (Updated) https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/01/billy-jack-lincks-named-as-prime-suspect-in-1995-morgan-nick-kidnapping There’s an international bird flu summit in Arkansas this week, and this is why it is important https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/02/theres-an-inte...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: TIF tiff: Downtown Little Rock Master Plan calls for controversial funding tool https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/09/20/tif-tiff-downtown-little-rock-master-plan-calls-for-controversial-funding-tool City board to vote on another master plan, mobile grocery stores next week https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/09/27/city-board-to-vote-on-anothe...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: Sarah Sanders used a July traffic stop to demonize immigrants; the dashcam footage tells a different story https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/09/18/sarah-sanders-used-a-july-traffic-stop-to-demonize-immigrants-the-dashcam-footage-tells-a-different-story Traffic stop used as anti-immigration rallying cry comes under scrutiny https://arktimes.com/ar...

Send us Fan Mail Stories discussed this week: New animal waste rule would keep public in the dark on hog farm permits, environmental groups say https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/09/06/new-animal-waste-rule-would-keep-public-in-the-dark-on-hog-farm-permits-environmental-groups-say South Arkansas landowners fire back at lithium companies, call proposed royalty structure ‘unlawful’ https://arkt...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Arkansas author Alice Driver discusses her new book on Tyson Foods and the perils faced by its largely immigrant workforce. " Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company," by Alice Driver https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Life-and-Death-of-the-American-Worker/Alice-Driver/978...